I am writing to invite contributions to the Hispanic American Literature Volume. This encyclopedia will be a stand-alone book and will be published by Facts on File in 2007.The volume is already 3/4 complete.Facts on File is a New York publisher of reference books for high school and college students (www.factsonfile.com).

Entries are due August 7, 2006 and are peer reviewed. Each essay should be written in a clear and accessible (jargon free) style and amount to 1000 words.

Please send an email to ramirez_at_csusb.edu with the following information:The entries you can complete by August 7 (no more than 3 per contributor, please).

Please note that entries will consist of biographical overviews as well as analyses of individual works. If you choose an author, then please be aware that other contributors may write about specific works.

Once proposals are received and assessed, I will send out assignments, sample entries, guidelines, and contracts. Preference will be given to those who can send in their entries early, before the deadline.

Anaya, Rudolfo A. (no biography needed)Adventures of Juan ChicaspatasAlburquerqueA Chicano in ChinaCuentos: Tales of the Hispanic SouthwestElegy on the Death of César ChávezHeart of AztlánJalamantaJemez SpringsRio GrandeShaman WinterSilence of the LlanoZia Summer

Baca, Jimmy Santiago (bio)Black Mesa PoemsHealing Earthquakes: A Love Story in PoemsImmigrants in Our Own LandMartin & Meditations on the South ValleyWorking in the Dark

García, Lionel G. (bio)Hardscrub PSI Can Hear the Cowbells RingA Shroud in the FamilyTo A Widow With Children

Gaspar de Alba, Alicia (bio)Desert Blood: The Juárez MurdersThe Mystery of Survival and Other StoriesSor Juana's Second Dream: A NovelThree Times A Woman

Gonzáles, Ray (bio)The Ghost of John Wayne and other storiesThe Hawk Temple at Tierra GrandeInheritance of lightMemory Fever: A Journey Beyond el Paso del NorteThe Religion of HandsThe Underground Heart: A Return to a hidden Landscape

Herrera, Juan Felipe (bio)Exiles of DesireLove After the RiotsMayan Drifter: Chicano Poet in the Lowlands of America

López, Josefina (bio)Confessions of Women from East L.A.: A ComedyFood for the DeadReal Women Have Curves: A ComedySimple Maria or The American Dream: A One Act PlayUnconquered Spirits: A Historical Play

Martínez, Demetria (bio)Breathing Between the Lines: PoemsDevil's WorkshopThree Times A Woman